Occupational Safety and Health Coordinator (OSH-C)

An organization whose place of work has 5 or more employees is obligated under the latest Laws to appoint an Occupational Safety and Health (“OSH”) Coordinator. 

This is a DOSH/ JKKP recognised competency training that trains you to be a qualified OSH Coordinator. 

Course Objectives:

• Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 
• Develop an understanding of the purpose, objective and importance of OSH Coordinator in an organisation 
• Expose to the legal knowledge pertaining to be an OSH Coordinator 
• Understand the necessary know-how and techniques to perform duties as OSH Coordinator 
• Foster a safety culture in the workplace and assist the organization to be OSH compliant 
• Manage and maintain Occupational Safety and Health related documentation 
• Be confident in discharging the roles and responsibilities of an OSH Coordinator 

Who Should Attend:

• EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) Personnel 
• Safety Committee members
• Department Heads
• Supervisor, Team Leader 
• Operation/ Production 
• Engineers/ Technician 
• HR Manager, Executive 

Course Outline:

• Day 1
• Module 1: Challenges and Realities of SMI 
• • Needs and benefits of OSH Coordinator in the workplace • Responsibilities, roles and requirement of OSH-C in an Organization 
• Module 2: Introduction to DOSH and Basic OSH Legislation in Malaysia
• • Roles of Department of Occupational Safety and Health
• • Regulations that are related to OSH 
• Module 3: OSH Basic Management for SMI 
• • Key components of OSH Policy
• • Roles & functions of Safety and Health Committee • Process of accident reporting
• • Emergency action plan 
• Module 4: Chemical Management 
• • Chemicals and safe handling method
• • Concept and application of Chemical Life Cycle 
• Day 2
• Module 5: Introduction of Occupational Disease 
• • Duties of DOSH in handling occupational disease • Introduction to Occupational Health
• • Statistics of Occupational Diseases in Malaysia 
• Module 6: Introduction to Work-related Road Safety 
• Module 7: Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC) 
• • Methods for identifying hazard and risk assessment by using risk
• assessment matrix 
• • Risk management method by control hierarchy met 
• • Preparing HIRARC 
• • Group & Individual assignments 
• Day 3 
• Module 8: Material Storage and Handling 
• • Material handling and storage
• • Material arrangement according to rules or WISE principles (OSHA Malaysia) 
• Module 9: Workstation Design and Lighting 
• • Improved design of work stations
• • Principles of good workstation design and lighting • Improvements to be made 
• Module 10: Productive Machine Safety 
• • Safe working practices
• • Efficiency of machinery and equipment in the workplace 
• Module 11: Premises and Work-Related Welfare Facilities 
• • Relationship between productivity and improved premises • Repairing and improving the premises
• • Benefits of welfare facilities
• • Steps to provide affordable welfare facilities